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Tag Archives: Ida McKinley
The Inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt 1901
Vice President Theodore Roosevelt had a quiet, somber inaugural. The Sad Circumstances Vice President Theodore Roosevelt was taking a rare family vacation at a resort in New York’s Adirondack Mountains when news came that President William McKinley had been shot … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Anna Roosevelt Cowles, Ansley Wilcox, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, Grover Cleveland, history, Ida McKinley, John Milburn, King Edward VIII, Millard Fillmore, President Theodore Roosevelt, Presidential history, Queen Victoria, the assassination of McKinley, the death of William McKinley, the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, Theodore Roosevelt, US history, VP Theodore Roosevelt
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Selling McKinley in 1896
Historians frequently point to 1896 as being the first “modern” election. Setting the Stage By 1896, the country was poised for a new century. Huge changes had occurred since the Civil War some 35 years earlier. Railroads crossed the entire … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, “A Full Dinner Pail”, Bryan’s Cross of Gold speech, Feather Schwartz Foster, Former President Benjamin Harrison, history, Ida McKinley, Inventions of 1870-99, Marcus A. Hanna, Mark Hanna, Mark Hanna’s business background, McKinley campaign manager Hanna, Ohio Senator John Sherman, Presidential history, The Election of 1896, The Presidential campaign of 1896, US history, White House history, William Jennings Bryan, William McKinley, William McKinley background
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William McKinley: A Little Help From His Friends
In 1893, the USA suffered a huge “panic,” or economic recession – larger than it had ever experienced before. William McKinley: The Panic of 1893 In 1893, the usual collision of factors that create recessions occurred – with the usual … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, Friends of William McKinley, Governor Williamm McKinley, h.h. Kohlsaat, history, Ida McKinley, Ida Saxton McKinley, Marcus A. Hanna, McKinley defends striking miners, McKinley friend H.H. Kohlsaat, McKinley friend Marc Hanna, McKinley friend Myron Herrick, McKinley friend Robert L. Walker, Myron Herrick, Presidential history, The Panic of 1893, US history, William McKinley, William McKinley cosigns loan, William McKinley's financial problem
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William McKinley: The Carnation Story
Few Presidents were as genuinely considerate as William McKinley. Poor Boy Makes Good William McKinley (1843-1901) was one of seven children born to an Ohio iron-worker and his wife. They were poor, devout Methodists, but firmly focused on their children’s … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Ida McKinley, history, Ida McKinley, Ida McKinley's health, Leon Czolgosz, McKinley assassin Czolgosz, McKinley's carnations, President William McKinley, Presidential history, Rutherford B. Hayes, US history, White House history, William McKinley
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Theodore Roosevelt: September, 1901
The month had started quietly enough for Theodore Roosevelt and his family. A Family Vacation Theodore Roosevelt, his wife Edith, and their six children were on a rare and well-needed family vacation in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. … Continue reading
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FLOTUS McKinley: White House Invalid
Many historians claim William McKinley would have been a far greater president had he not been so distracted by his invalid wife. Ida McKinley: Candidate’s Wife Shortly before the 1896 election, William and Ida McKinley celebrated their Silver Anniversary. More … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Diplomatic protocol, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady duties, First Lady History, First Lady Ida McKinley, First Lady McKinley donates slippers, history, Ida McKinley, Ida McKinley's crocheted slippers, McKinley alters protocol, McKinley's assassination, McKinley's Silver Anniversary party, Mrs. McKinley, President William McKinley, Presidential history, US history, White House history, William McKinley, William McKinley's wife
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Ida McKinley: Congressional Invalid
Ida McKinley had suffered through one of the worst years anyone could imagine. The trauma would be permanent. The McKinleys Move to Washington Losing both their small children, and having his young wife’s health permanently impaired by phlebitis and “unnameable” … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Canton Ohio history, Congressman William McKinley, diagnosing Ida McKinley, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, history, Ida McKinley, Ida McKinley's epilepsy, Ida McKinley's health, Ida Saxton McKinley, McKinley's family life, Presidential history, US history, William McKinley, William McKinley's family life
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The Invalid FLOTUS: Ida McKinley
Ida Saxton: Pampered Child Ida Saxton (1847-1907) was the eldest of three children born to James and Catherine Saxton of Canton, Ohio. Saxton was the town banker, lived in a fine house, and enjoyed a reputation as one of the … Continue reading
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